New City mom cited for allowing 15-year-old son to drive SUV at Gardiner camp

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Jul 29, 2013 at 10:09 AMJul 29, 2013 at 10:31 AM

GARDINER -- A New City mother was cited Saturday for allegedly allowing her 15-year-old son to drive the family SUV at the Yogi Bear campground.

Ulster County sheriff's deputies said the teen driver was hit by an 11-year-old boy on a bicycle coming from a side road on the campground about 2:10 p.m. Saturday. The driver didn't see the bicyclist and dragged the bike for a short distance before being stopped by other campers, according to deputies.

Jennifer Gormley, 39, was cited for permitting unlicensed operation of the SUV. The 15-year-old boy was driving from the park office back to their campsite when the bicyclist crashed into the SUV.

The bicyclist was taken to St. Francis Hospital, complaining of leg pain and scrapes to his legs and arms. The 15-year-old boy was released to his parents.

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